Pink Foam

by Stephanie Thurrott

Olivia’s parents believed she was better. Alone in the bathroom, she traced the ladder of white scars climbing her arm. She brushed her teeth until her gums tore. She rinsed the pink foam down the drain. She opened the door. When she kissed her mother, the taste of her own bitter blood still lingered on her lips.

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Stephanie Thurrott’s fiction has been published in MonkeyBicycle, Bartleby Snopes and Blink-Ink. She lives in Dedham, Massachusetts with her family.